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say : Dispose of that money for what you propose, for 

 the soldiers and other human beings, suffering, from 

 thai fratricide war; be benevolent to loth the vic- 

 torious and the vanquished. They all are our brothers, 

 fathers, mothers, without distinction of race, creed in 

 religion or in politics. " The moral in action " or re- 

 ligion if you please, although/b^ me, there is an Ocean! 

 of difference between both, but for many it is probably 

 synonymous, so we are all right in our intentions only 

 we differ in our ways of worshipping God ! or going 

 to Heaven ! This is only an affair of aesthetics, as all 

 roads go to Rome ! only I think the straight line is the 

 shortest, don't you ? "If strong minded, charit- 

 able people, philanthropists go to Heaven the above 

 lady 'Mrs. Miller' ought to have a double selected 

 seat there. 



N. B. I began the above episode on digression or 

 divagation on gardener's and expressman's swindling, 

 and I conclude on moralizing. The extremes meet 

 and we progress .... slowly in moral affairs. 



In the period of 1856-58-59, when the Brooklyn Hort. 

 Society, erat floruit, was flourishing, I got acquainted 

 with a very sympathetic gentleman in good many ways, 

 but with exceptions. He was very fond of plants, and 

 a refined taste, always with some exceptions ; he was 

 enthusiastic and liberal ; when he took a fancy to a plant 



